Arab world

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  • Haftar forces official accuses Ansar al-Sharia of murdering former commander

    Date: 2014-09-19 16:39:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:971497

    TRIPOLI, Sept 19 (MENA) - Commander of the air force in the pro-Haftar Army Brigadier Saqr Jeroshi has mourned Friday former head of Libya's Air Force, Brigadier-General Ahmed Habib Al-Mismari, who was murdered on Wednesday in Benghazi. In a ....

  • Lebanese, Syrian armies target militants in Arsal

    Date: 2014-09-19 16:04:44 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:971517

    BEIRUT, Sept 19 (MENA) – The Lebanese army on Friday opened heavy fire on militants in barren areas of Arsal town on the northeastern border with Syria. In the meantime, the Syrian Air Force launched strikes on militants in the same area. ....

  • Hizbullah denounces attack on Lebanese army

    Date: 2014-09-19 15:48:29 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:971377

    BEIRUT, Sept 19 (MENA) – Hizbullah on Friday denounced the attack on a Lebanese army vehicle in Arsal town on the northeastern border with Syria that killed two soldiers and injured three others. In a statement, Hizbullah hailed as "courageous" ....

  • Libyan police officer injured in armed attack

    Date: 2014-09-19 14:37:44 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:971121

    TRIPOLI, Sept 19 (MENA) – A Libyan army officer, Fat'hia al-Sharif, was severely injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire at her in the city of Benghazi Friday, a well-placed security source said. She was moved to a hospital in the coastal ....

  • 42nd session of ALO conference to be held in Cairo

    Date: 2014-09-19 14:24:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:970745

    CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) - The Arab Labor Conference, in its 41st session held here under Egyptian Minister of Manpower and Immigration Dr Nahed el-Ashri, decided that the next session will also be held in Egypt. As long as no state member applied ....

  • Yemen's President receives ambassadors of Gulf Initiative backers

    Date: 2014-09-19 13:34:43 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:970597

    SANAA, Sept 19 (MENA) - Yemeni President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Friday met with ambassadors of the Group of 10 sponsoring a Gulf initiative to solve the Yemeni problem. Hadi briefed the ambassadors on the latest developments in the country ....

  • Telecommunications service restored in Sanaa after 12-hour hiatus

    Date: 2014-09-19 13:13:47 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:970373

    SANAA, Sept 19 (MENA) – The telecommunications and internet service was restored in Sanaa after a 12-hour halt. Yemeni officials ascribed the telecommunications disruption to the shelling of the state-run Public Telecommunications Corporation ....

  • Yemen's defense minter visits shelled TV building

    Date: 2014-09-19 13:12:33 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:970357

    SANAA, Sept 19 (MENA) - Yemen's Defense Minister Mohammed Nasser Ahmed on Friday paid a visit to the Yemeni television building, which was shelled by the Houthis on Thursday. The minister was inspecting troops who were deployed at the building ....

  • Yemeni Security Committee denies Houthi control over Sanaa districts

    Date: 2014-09-19 13:08:44 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:970341

    SANAA, Sept 19 (MENA) - Yemen's Supreme Security Committee has denied reports that Houthis are in control of a number of neighborhoods in northern Sanaa. Such reports are baseless and unfounded, a well-placed security source said. The source ....

  • Lebanon's PM follows up latest developments in Arsal after attack

    Date: 2014-09-19 12:32:48 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:970093

    BEIRUT, Sept 19 (MENA) – Lebanon's Prime Minister Tammam Salam is following up the latest developments in Arsal after the bombing of a military truck in the border area with Syria. Two soldiers were killed and five others wounded in the blast which ....

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